Analysis and Design of Water Distribution Network Using EPANET: A Case Study of HSTU Campus of Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Md Belal Hossain; Nirmal Chandra Roy; Papon Chandra Biswas; Md Nur Azad; Estiak Yusuf

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Analysis and Design of Water Distribution Network Using EPANET: A Case Study of HSTU Campus of Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Md Belal Hossain, Nirmal Chandra Roy, Papon Chandra Biswas, Md Nur Azad, Estiak Yusuf

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This paper represents the analysis and design of the Water Distribution Network (WDN) system using EPANET for Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU), Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Supply of water is essentially required for academic, administrative, student hostel and residential buildings according to their occupancies. Water supply system with sufficient pressure head and technical sustainability is nowadays a challenging task for the researcher, respected authority and government tackling the crisis in provided safe water due to the rapid increase in population. EPANET is a public domain software developed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which is used widely to design and analysis of water supply network system with reference to technical sustainability. HSTU is a renowned public university located at northern part of Bangladesh having 89 acres campus area and population around Ten Thousand (2020) including teachers, students and staffs. Present Water Distribution System in HSTU campus has been found inadequate to cover the total campus and most the building has individual suction pump. In recent future such types of water distribution network system in HSTU may or may not be suitable. Hence, this study is all about the analysis and design of a new water distribution network and provide conclusion about the suitability of the network for recent future. Various public demands, quantities of inflows and out flows of the over-head reservoir are taken into consideration during the analysis. Study materials are to be used for this study include HSTU campus plan, network parameters such as block wise population, and water demand, elevations, pipe length and EPANET software. An extended period simulation of water distribution network system is carried out during the analysis using EPANET. This study is carried to provide the knowledge about various demands, pressure head, pipe flow and diameter, head losses and a new network of supply will make aware of the new demands. Water distribution network system design using EPANET will provide an overall improvement over the existing network and evaluate the supply network for future.

Published in	Hydrology (Volume 9, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.hyd.20210902.12
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EPANET, Water Distribution Network, Population, Water Demand, Hydraulic Simulation

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Md Belal Hossain, Nirmal Chandra Roy, Papon Chandra Biswas, Md Nur Azad, Estiak Yusuf. Analysis and Design of Water Distribution Network Using EPANET: A Case Study of HSTU Campus of Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Hydrology. 2021;9(2):36-47. doi: 10.11648/j.hyd.20210902.12

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Md Belal Hossain

Department of Civil Engineering, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Nirmal Chandra Roy

Department of Civil Engineering, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Papon Chandra Biswas

Department of Civil Engineering, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Md Nur Azad

Department of Civil Engineering, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Estiak Yusuf

Department of Civil Engineering, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

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